http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/21/2397097.htm



South Australia's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has ridden his bike, with an Australian flag displayed, to an Adelaide house where the Nazi flag has been on display.

Mr Atkinson spoke with a resident there about their action.

"There is a law against inciting racial hatred and it's conjectural whether this would fit this law," he said.

SA Premier Mike Rann has condemned displaying the Nazi flag in Australian society.

"Anyone who flies the Nazi flag, in my view, is un-Australian," he said.

"Anyone who flies the Nazi flag, in my view, doesn't deserve to have the protections that our diggers fought for.

"What kind of bonehead would fly the Nazi flag?"

Lawyer George Mancini chairs the Council for Civil Liberties and says it is hard to say whether a prosecution for flying the Nazi flag would succeed under racial vilification laws.

"I think it would technically in some respects suggest that we're restricting people's freedom to display a flag like that," he said.

"I think in our society we can tolerate that. We don't necessarily support it or agree with it."

A resident of the house at suburban Croydon says the flag was left on display after a drunken party. It has now been taken down.

It's a pity what the flag represents because the Nazi flag is a cool looking flag.

It does raise interesting points about tolerence, freedom of speech and whether it does actually, in itself insight hatred.

That's the oldest trick in the book - 'I was drunk, it's not my fault'.

I'm guessing he's a closet nazi whose mates outed him by hoisting his flag after he passed out.

Anyone taking bets on whether he's a One Nation supporter?

queer and kytro - I agree entirely.

That in no way is inciting hatred.

what a namby pamby PC navalgazing handwringing leftard apologetic empty shell we have now

Flying flags, burning flags.. it all cost money. How silly it is in the time of global financial crisis. 

freediver wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 12:12pm:


Yes and ff and fb are important activities to support the industry then.

The day before? So they left it up for two days after tha party?

freediver wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 12:12pm:


Experiencing a downturn in these uncertain times though. I had heard that production was flagging.

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Uncanny Valley wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 7:17am:


Thread not turning out how you intended, FD?

Possibly because you made the snide remark about ON, hoping for a bite from grendel.

We also had lots of diggers horrendously abused by the japanese in WW2, perhaps he should get back on his bike and cycle over to the Japanese embassy, and take a picture of their flag.

It is a big, ho hum.